Pew Learning Center & Ellison Library

• Use our catalog to find books, videos, CDs, etc.            
• Use WorldCat to find and request books from other libraries. If you are overwhelmed by the amount of content in WorldCat, try looking up a book that has already been helpful to you.  Then search by some of the same subject terms.  Or look for the section of the record that says 'More Like This' and click the 'Advanced Options' link.  What you see there should help you find similar materials.                                                                                                                   

Finding an article can involve three steps.

 1. Use Articles & Databases to find articles or citations. If the citation includes the full-text or image, you can get the article right away. If not, go to Step 2.

 2. Use Journal Finder to see if we have the journal you want. If we do, get your article from the source. If not, go to Step 3.

 3. Use Interlibrary Loan to request the article from another library. Please allow time.

 Interdisciplinary databases covering a variety of subjects:

• Academic Search Premier
• JSTOR - The Scholarly Journal Archive
• MasterFILE Premier
• OmniFile Full Text
• Proquest Research Library 

• Green File - information covering all aspects of human impact to the environment
• Science Direct - large database that includes both physical and social sciences
• General Science Full Text - indexes and abstracts science articles

• New York Times Historical - full-image articles of the newspaper back to the very first issue in 1851 up through 2007
• Newspaper Source Plus - provides full-text for 149 national & international newspapers

• USDA National Organic Program 
• USDA Food Labeling 
• USDA Grass Fed Standards
• Know Your Farmer, Know Your Food - USDA Local Food Initiative
• Certified Naturally Grown 
• Appalachian Sustainable Agriculture Project and Appalachian Grown
• American Grassfed Association 
• Animal Welfare Approved 
• Food Alliance

• Painless Library Research includes information on documentation and plagiarism.                                                  
• Personal assistance: send me email, call me at ext. 3062, or come see me.                                                                            
• Tour the library.